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Executive MBA
Twenty months of case method, finance, strategy and leadership, built around a full-time job.
- Duration
- 20 months
- Days away
- 64
- Next intake
- 9 February 2027
- Fee (example)
- N14,500,000
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Finance for Non-Finance Leaders
Read accounts, question a budget and talk confidently with your finance team, in five intense days. Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.30 pm.
- Duration
- 1 week
- Days away
- 5
- Fee (example)
- N1,650,000
- Next intake
- 18 January 2027
Who it is for
Is this for you?
Managers from sales, operations, HR and engineering. Typical seniority: manager.
- You lead in sales, operations, HR, engineering or a technical field
- You sit in budget meetings and want to contribute fully
- You have at least 4 years of work experience
- You can take a full week away
What you will be able to do
By the end
- Read a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow
- Understand margins, costs and break-even for your own unit
- Build and defend a budget and a business case
- Talk confidently with your finance team and your board
No programme can promise a promotion or a salary. What we can promise is the work, the people and the faculty time.
Curriculum
How the programme unfolds
Daily case exercises, no exams.
Day one: the three statements
How money moves through a business, using a Lagos distribution company case.
Day two: costs and margins
Fixed and variable costs, pricing and break-even.
Day three: cash
Working capital, credit terms and why profitable firms run out of cash.
Day four: investment decisions
Payback, return and judging a business case.
Day five: budgets and boards
Building a budget, presenting it and answering hard questions.
A teaching day
What a day looks like
Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.30 pm, at Ikoyi campus. Times are examples, and every session starts on time, so plan around Lagos traffic.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| 8.30 am | Recap and quiz |
| 9 am | Concept session |
| 11 am | Case exercise in teams |
| 1 pm | Lunch |
| 2 pm | Your own numbers clinic |
| 4.30 pm | Close |
I finally understand why our finance director keeps asking about debtor days.
Faculty
Who teaches
Faculty for this programme, with practitioners and guest executives on most days. Example people.
Fees and dates
N1,650,000 (example)
Pay in full or 2 instalments. Includes materials, meals on teaching days and parking. You receive: certificate of completion. Up to 40 participants.
| Next intake | 18 January 2027 |
|---|---|
| Seats left | 14 (example) |
| Applications close | Three weeks before the intake |
| How to apply | Short application form |
Questions
About the Finance for leaders
Do I need to be good at maths?
No. If you can use a calculator and a spreadsheet, you will be fine.
Can I bring my company’s accounts?
Yes, for the clinic on day four. Everything stays confidential.
How often does it run?
Roughly every two months. See the intake calendar.
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Senior leaders02
Advanced Management Programme
For people who already run large parts of an organisation and are preparing to run all of it.
- Duration
- 4 months
- Days away
- 18
- Next intake
- 12 April 2027
- Fee (example)
- N7,800,000
Directors04
Board Effectiveness and Governance
The duties, habits and hard conversations of a board that actually governs.
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Days away
- 4
- Next intake
- 4 March 2027
- Fee (example)
- N2,400,000
Not sure which programme is yours?
Put two or three programmes side by side in the comparer, check the entry requirements against your own experience, then talk to an admissions adviser.